story: Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat. It is part of the greater Indo-European language family. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati ("circa" 1100–1500 AD). In India, it is the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Gujarati is the language of the Gujjars, who had ruled Rajputana and Punjab. 
  
  According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 4.5% of the Indian population (1.21 billion according to the 2011 census) speaks Gujarati, which amounts to 46 million speakers in India. There are about 50 million speakers of Gujarati worldwide, making it the 26th-most-spoken native language in the world. Gujarati was the first language of Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 
  
  Gujarati (also sometimes spelled "Gujerati", "Gujarathi", "Guzratee", "Guujaratee", "Gujarati", "Gujrathi", and "Gujerathi") is a modern IA (Indo-Aryan) language evolved from Sanskrit. The traditional practice is to differentiate the IA languages on the basis of three historical stages: Another view postulates successive family tree splits, in which Gujarati is assumed to have separated from other IA languages in four stages: 
  
  The principal changes from Sanskrit are the following: 
  
  Gujarati is then customarily divided into the following three historical stages:
questions: What is descended from an old language?
questions: What is the old language called?
questions: When was it around?
questions: Where is it the official language?
questions: Where else?
questions: Whta kind of language is it?
questions: What language family is it a part of?
questions: Who spoke this language?
questions: What percent of the indian population speaks it?
questions: According to who?
questions: What does that stand for?
questions: How else is Gujarati spelled?
questions: What number of people speak it?
questions: According to what census?
questions: What is the population of India?
questions: How many speakers of it are there worldwide?
questions: Where does it rank in most spoken language?
questions: Who specifically spoke it?
questions: Anyone else?
questions: How many historical stages is it divided into?
answers: Gujarati
answers: Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati
answers: Old Gujarati
answers: descended from Old Gujarati
answers: 1100–1500 AD
answers: Old Gujarati ("circa" 1100–1500 AD)
answers: it is the official language in the state of Gujarat
answers: , it is the official language in the state of Gujarat
answers: in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
answers: as well as an official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
answers: it is an Indo-Aryan language
answers: Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language
answers: Indo-European language family.
answers: Indo-European language family. 
answers: the Gujjars
answers: . Gujarati is the language of the Gujjars, who had ruled Rajputana and Punjab. 
answers: 4.5%
answers: According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 4.5% of the Indian population (1.21 billion according to the 2011 census) speaks Gujarati,
answers: the CIA
answers: According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA
answers: Central Intelligence Agency
answers: the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
answers: Gujarathi
answers: Gujarathi
answers: 46 million speakers
answers:  which amounts to 46 million speakers in India.
answers: according to the 2011 census
answers: according to the 2011 census)
answers: 1.21 billion
answers:  of the Indian population (1.21 billion
answers: about 50 million
answers:  about 50 million speakers of Gujarati worldwide
answers: 26th
answers: making it the 26th-most-spoken native language
answers: Mahatma Gandhi
answers: Gujarati was the first language of Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 
answers: Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
answers: first language of Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 
answers: three
answers:  IA languages on the basis of three historical stages